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So last fall I started two portraits, one of each girl. I was drawing them along with my drawing students working on their own pieces, so we were all working collaboratively. I finished older dds pretty quickly and started little dds, then promptly ran out of steam. Hers sat for months until I pulled it out to finish this week.

What have I learned? Never draw gold sequins again. Grr.

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Hands are still my fave
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And both of them matted, I have frames waiting to put them in tomorrow
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They're 14"x22" and will be framed to 22"x28"

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Last edited by Katherine; 05-07-2015 at 11:22 PM.
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Oh, Katherine, I'm so glad to see these. I remember when you first shared. They amaze me. You're so talented and your girls are beautiful. That their mother drew these portraits of them as girls will always be precious to them.

Thanks for the compliments! Mandy, it's soft pastel on watercolor paper. I usually use Rembrandt pastels but sometimes they're a little crumbly and I use prismsacolor nupastel. The rembrandts are pricey but last way longer than cheaper brands and are just so much better.

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Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too. --Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance